Martha Stewart’s (Lighter) Chocolate Cake {The Gluten Free Way}

It has been a while since I shared a cake in my Martha Stewart Cakes the gluten free way series. Between a busy schedule and all the other gluten free baking I have been doing, I have not had a chance to make many gluten free cakes, but today I finally have a new one for you. And this one is delicious!

In the title you might have noticed that word lighter is in parenthesis. In the Martha Stewart’s Cakes cookbook the recipe is called Lighter Chocolate Cake. The word lighter is what caught my attention when I was looking through the cookbook, but once I read over the recipe, I realized this is really not a light cake. Which is why the word light is in parenthesis.

Now this is lighter than some cakes, but it is not what I would consider light. This is not a rich and fudgey type cake, so it does have a lighter healthier taste to it, but I would not consider it healthy.

The main reason this is lighter is that it does not have eggs in it and the frosting is not a traditional frosting. It is also only a one layer cake, which makes the pieces smaller. Or at least smaller if you cut them normal size.

I also think this cake would be good without the frosting/glaze on it. It would be a little lighter that way.

To make this gluten free chocolate cake I used my some of my favorite gluten free flours to use in cakes. And this is one of those rare times when the cake turned out well the first time I made it gluten free. I did not have to make any other adjustments. I love it when converting to gluten free is that easy.

I also used white rice as one of the flours, but I think brown rice flour would also work fine in this as well.

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I love to cook and bake, and it is a good thing, because my family loves to eat. I live with my husband and three kids on 43 acres in Northeastern Oklahoma. Between homeschooling, working on our property, taking care of three dogs, and raising hogs as a side job/hobby, I am constantly on the go like most of you.

I started Lynn's Kitchen Adventures in 2008, but then in 2009, after years of health issues, I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance. Read More…